Summary

Presents the latest methods for properly considering transmission line effects as well as the calculation of transmission line properties as a function of materials and geometries. Emphasizes properties of stripline and microstrip circuits, explaining that at high enough frequencies, almost every interconnection in a circuit will exhibit transmission line properties. . , that, if these circuits are to be well designed, the transmission lines in the circuit must be appropriately treated as part of the circuit . .and that it is no longer possible to separate the transmission line user from the transmission line designer-not only are the lines present, but their properties are functions of the circuit layout itself. Requires an understanding of distributed circuits, wave propagation, and the constant interplay between field variables and circuit variables that takes place in all distributed circuits at high frequencies.